Notice the ash piles?
Early Thanksgiving in Sussex County
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CoalHeat
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12 or 13 all together.
Had to use the crappy Polaroid through the windows. One was close to the house at one point, really hefty birds. I love watching them try to fly and crash through the branches.
We had a bunch of them around our house last year too....I didn't know they actually can fly!!Wood'nCoal wrote:I love watching them try to fly and crash through the branches.
(They weren't to bad but I was cleaning up cranberry sauce & Peppridge Farm stuffing off the street for a week!)
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Cool!
Here's a pic I took the other day in the back of our place. They wouldn't let me too close to get a better photo. There was better than 100 in this flock spread out in the hay field.
Here's a pic I took the other day in the back of our place. They wouldn't let me too close to get a better photo. There was better than 100 in this flock spread out in the hay field.
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They can fly, sort of. It takes a while to get off the ground and they tend to crash into anything in their way, vehicles included.
Kinda like Greg.....He can fly "sort of" too!!Wood'nCoal wrote:They can fly, sort of. It takes a while to get off the ground and they tend to crash into anything in their way, vehicles included.
(just kidding Greg!) 
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I guess this picture shows why they don't fly very well.
When they are shot at, I have seen them take off from the ground and go darn near vertical up over the tree tops.Wood'nCoal wrote:They can fly, sort of. It takes a while to get off the ground and they tend to crash into anything in their way, vehicles included.
Don't under estimate their flying capabilities.
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Yeah they can fly. The dog chased up a family of about 8 chicks and mom. Mom ran and the chicks took off like little bottle rockets. Ended up in tress and bushes. Dog didn't know what the hell was going on.
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